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> We are traveling from Montana to Santiago de Cuba, licensed to visit
> heretofore unknown immediate family. Our journey will take us north to
> Canada for a flight to Holguin (HOG), then by bus to Santiago de Cuba.
> There are two of us, neither speaks Spanish more than a few choice
> phrases. This is a first time to Cuba for both of us.
>
> We have a thousand questions from where does the bus stop in Holguin,
> to what is a good thing to take along as gifts and how much of that
> kind of thing are we allowed to bring into Cuba? Any suggestions short
> of "don't go" would be most welcome, we've already bought non-
> refundable tickets.
>
A few years ago, I would have told you to take lots of dollars....don't know
what that situation is now since Fidel cut that back.
Take stuff that seems mundane to us: aspirin and other OTC medications,
lotions, cremes, etc. Soap, shampoo. Women's makeup items. Clothes. Kitchen
items. Anything else we rely on to make life easier, they don't have (or
have only a little). Take old clothes that you can leave behind. You've
never seen such a resourceful people... Anything you can bring, they will
put to good use.
Sarah
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